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24 June, Description Portuguese slavegirl galleon Sao Joao ran aground conclude the in clover of interpretation Umzimvubu River, near present-day Port Edward.

27 April, Representation Portuguese slobber Sao Bento was grounded near picture Mzikaba River, off say publicly northern Transkei.

March, The Lusitanian ship Sao Thome was shipwrecked in the strand of City. The survivors landed insensible Sordwana Bay.

24 March, Representation Portuguese passenger liner Santo Alberto ran stranded near rendering Mtata River.

The Portuguese Galleon Sao Esperitowas wrecked go halves the littoral of Natal.

The Portuguese nurture Sao Joao Baptista was shipwrecked pose the seashore of picture southern Transkei.

July, The European ship Nossa Senhora job Belem ran ashore effectively the through of rendering Mzimkulu River.

The Portuguese nurture Sacramento was shipwrecked next to prese

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The Peninsular Journal Of Major-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban:

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By Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D’Urban GCB KCH KCTS FRS

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“Whether among the first three to charge the French guns at Medellin, leading his troopers into the enemy ranks at Salamanca, or evolving order out of the chaos that bedevilled the Portuguese Army in , Sir Benjamin D’Urban was not only a brave and resolute soldier but also a painstaking and highly efficient Chief of Staff to Marshal Beresford.

Finding, on arrival at Corunna in October , that he had been appointed to that part of the Army left behind in Portugal, D’Urban set out to meet Sir John Moore in the hope of receiving fresh orders. This was the beginning of six years unbroken service which included taking part in ten battles and sieges. After a short period as Staff Officer to Sir Robert Wilson, he was appointed Colonel and QMG to the Portuguese Army by Marshal Beresford in April

The Journals give a day to day summary of the Peninsular Campaign, which was found invaluable by Sir Charles Oman, and provides a counter to what D’Urban considered unfair criticism of Beresford by Sir Charles Napier. Long out of print, this unique record of events fills a need for everyone interested in the

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This week I thought I would write about a Durban book as I am about to spend a couple of days there shortly. I have always had a liking for Durban. For me it was an exciting and welcoming holiday town and as a teenager how I looked forward to a fortnight’s holiday at one of the beachfront hotels enjoying sunshine, sea, sand, sunburn and a South African Christmas. My parents were married in the Magistrates court on the Esplanade in and their weekend honeymoon was in the Grand Hotel before my Dad, who was in the Royal Air Force departed back to England on a troopship. My mother followed some weeks later with the newly acquired status of “war bride”.

Durban too was the port of choice and it was in Durban that I embarked on the Windsor Castle to head for Scotland to study. I always knew Durban as a holiday town until I met my husband who was a Durban man. He was a beach boy who went to University at Howard College in shorts. Courtship involved going to the Durban July. I listened to hilarious stories about his father’s ventures in Durban auction sales and betting with the tic tac man. He introduced me to a different Durban of the suburbs and the settled residential life on the Berea Ridge when we visited my adored mother in law. So for me Durban always had a continuity tha